You can enter to win a copy of TT: Full Throttle at goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/56275-tt-full-throttle Scott has one obsession: to fulfill his late father’s dream of racing in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races, the most dangerous and prestigious motorcycle road race in the world. Far from their home in British Columbia, Canada and still […]

I adore these books for many reasons – narrative structure, character’s voice, subject matter, beautiful prose and so on. There’s something in the author’s craft that makes me take note no matter what the genre – YA, adult, short story, nonfiction.

Answer: whatever works for you. I’m a structuralist. It comes from my days writing screenplays. I like to jot scenes and ideas on 4×5 cards (plot points, pinch points, turning points) and then paste them onto my dining room wall. (I do the freewriting in my head at this stage as opposed to fingers on […]

So, one question people have been asking me about TT: FULL THROTTLE is, why did I write about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races (or IOMTT). I think they’re asking as I don’t look like a motorcycle racing fan, plus why would a Canadian woman be interested in European road racing? It was fate […]